Heart failure treatment in the last years of life: A nationwide study of 364 000 individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

In patients with heart failure, treatment patterns in the last years of life have not been assessed at large scale. We aimed to assess whether heart failure treatment patterns up to 5 years prior to death changed over time.

Methods and results

In a cohort study covering the whole Swedish population, we assessed all heart failure patients who died between 1 July 2007 and 31 December 2020 for evidence-based treatments. The proportion on the respective treatment at the time of death was examined by year of death using binomial regression. Looking back in time, treatment discontinuation rates were estimated using Poisson regression on time-split data. Combining these models, the proportion on each medication was estimated up to 5 years prior to death. A total of 364 480 pat

SUBMITTER: Sundstrom J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11659487 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature